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Mulberry bush

Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
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Has anyone experience of dwarf mulberry bushes? I have just purchased one which it is claimed is suitable for growing in a container. I know the species type will grow to a very large tree so am hoping a dwarf one will stay within reasonable size.
I am addicted to rescuing interesting plants lingering in the hospital corners of garden centres and I am intrigued to find out what mulberrys taste like.

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  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Oooo hhhh dear!
    I am now very interested to see how my plant does. I am glad I only paid £5.00 for it! It is morus rotundiloba. Mojo berry, a new variety in 2017, given a RHS Award of merit because it fruits on new and old wood over several months, doesn't need much pruning and is hardy. It fruits on 1 and 2 year old wood. No comments on fruit flavour though. My bush is 3 1/2 ft tall and covered in new buds, I am going to move it into a larger ceramic pot and feed it with potash, my garden faces South and I am located in Cornwall so hopefully heat will not be a problem in the summer. Apart from making sure it has enough water.
    Isn't life exciting! We do not have severe winters very often, just lots of rain and storm force wind which shouldn't affect a mulberry too much.
  • bugginsbuggins Posts: 1
    I bought a dwarf mulberry about 4 years ago.  It was looking a bit sad in a large pot so this Summer I planted it on my allotment. It is now about 2 metres tall. Any idea how large this "dwarf" will get?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Is it the ‘Charlotte Russe’ variety? 
    That one is supposed to get to around 1.5m tall and roughly the same across. 

    Non-dwarf types can get to 25+ feet tall and more across. 

    Sadly the ‘Charlotte Russe’ is reputed to have a rather disappointing flavour. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We were given "Charlotte Russe" by a friend. It languished for some years and now is 2m high with a spread of 3ms!
    It produced 3 fruits last year and one this year. As @Dovefromabove hardly any taste.
    It starts developing buds in the winter and then the frosts get it.
    How it won RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the year in 2017, we just don't know.
    Needless to say we haven't told our friend about the disappointing bush as she did pay a lot of money for it.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    bertrand-mabel said:

    How it won RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the year in 2017, we just don't know.


    I think because it sounds great. A dwarf mulberry that produces fruit on new wood. I was very tempted to buy one but luckily I did some research first.
    I bet it wouldn't have done as well if the 2017 Chelsea was later in the year when the fruit was ripe.
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